What I Read: March 2022

I read two books in March. The first was a book I started months ago and was determined to finish, and the other I could not put down. 

56 Days by Catherine Ryan Howard. This book was tough to get through. I did not like any of the characters, it skipped around far too much, and I found it to be very unrealistic. Granted the twist at the end did tie everything up nicely, but it took way too long to understand the main character. The premise of the book takes place during the beginning of COVID, when the world went into lockdown, which was hard to get into. I blame myself for choosing a book with the pandemic involved. I have lived that, we all have, and I don't want to read a book about it. Rating: 2/5 stars 

Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie. I love a good murder mystery book. I was first introduced to Agatha Christie around 2017 when I read my first Hercule Poirot Mystery, Murder on the Orient Express. I'm not sure what took me so long to read another Poirot mystery, but here we are. Death on the Nile was filled with twists and turns. I started the book the day before my vacation to Florida. I read a large portion of the book on the plane and devoured the rest of the book in just days, picking up the book at every chance. Christie has a talent for painting a picture of each character and with so many characters in each of her mysteries, this is so helpful. Linnet, though with her faults, is a main character you want to route for. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and want to read more Poirot mysteries this summer. Rating 4/5 stars

I have a few books I'd like to get through in April including The Maidens by Alex Michaelides, who also wrote The Silent Patient, which I loved. Did you read any good books this month?